RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] HELP PLEASE - Does anyone know where I can get high resolution GIS data for use in tutorials? [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

Simon, Check out the Australian Spatial Data Directory [1]. Geoscience Australia also have a wide range of datasets that I understand are now available via Creative Commons. Bruce Bannerman [1] http://asdd.ga.gov.au/asdd/tech/zap/basic.html > -Original Message- >

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: Include remote sensing software in OSGeo desktop shootout? Re: Discuss Digest, Vol 36, Issue 31 [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

IMO: Hi Drew, A good question. I had assumed that as image manipulation and processing functionality is required as part of the normal desktop workflow for a significant range of spatial use cases that it would be included in this type of comparison. Bruce > -Original Message-

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: Will there be an OSGeo Desktop shootout atFOSS4G 2010? [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

of actual results of algorithm operations based on a control set of data. I'd like to see the list of features that Todd compared (at Table 13) expanded somewhat to include e.g. functionality related to data capture and maintenance; transformations; reprojections etc etc. Just a thought.

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo barriers to entry

Tyler, Perhaps this 'issue' is not so big after all... A comment that was made to me by a colleague after FOSS4G-2009 was that she thought that it was great to see such a high percentage of attendees were female; dramatically higher than she would have traditionally seen at a spatial / geoscience

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Regarding The Microstation DGN Maps georeferencing [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

Padmini, It has been a long, long time since I used MicroStation, however this may help. Typically it will depend on the people who captured the data that you are working with: - some are only concerned with the immediate vicinity of their engineering project and will arbitrarily define a lo

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] new military OSS policy

following suit... Bruce Bannerman [1] http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/government_it/open_source.aspx > > -Original Message- > > From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org > > [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Miles Fidelman > > Sent: Wednesday, 28 Oct

[OSGeo-Discuss] "The Rabbit"

Paul, By unanimous decision of the LOC, you have been entrusted as keeper of the FOSS4G-2009 Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch [1]. We felt it better not to leave loose ends, and know that you will keep it in safe hands. Bruce [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Hand_Grenade_of_Antioch __

[OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: [SDI-AsiaPacific] NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge

fyi > -Original Message- > From: sdi-asiapacific-boun...@lists.gsdi.org > [mailto:sdi-asiapacific-boun...@lists.gsdi.org] On Behalf Of > Kate Lance > Sent: Thursday, 15 October 2009 11:03 PM > To: SDI-Africa; SDI-Europe; SDI-AP; SDI-LAC; SDI-North America > Subject: [SDI-AsiaPacific] NAVT

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Mind Map - Open Source Spatial Projects

state' to our 'future state' (i.e. a more co-ordinated and well integrated suite of OSGeo applications). Just a thought. Bruce Bannerman > > -Original Message- > > From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org > > [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org]

[OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G-2009 Volunteers required - OSGeo Booth

We need people to help 'man' (or is that 'person ;-) ) the OSGeo Booth during FOSS4G-2009. The booth will be a centre of activity and you will get to meet a lot of the OSGeo personalities. Please volunteer for a half hour session, or two, or three... To sign up, add your name to the Wiki at:

Fwd: [OSGeo-Discuss] Mind Map - Open Source Spatial Projects

> > It would be great if you could add in the MapWindow project. > MapWindow GIS Desktop Application is a C#/.NET desktop GIS > that is completely open source and has about 6000 downloads > per month from www.MapWindow.org. > > Also, under your library/developer tools, we the project also > include

Fwd: [OSGeo-Discuss] Mind Map - Open Source Spatial Projects

- > > > > Bruce, > > > > Yeah I got that to work, but was wondering if there were > other client > > that could read it. > > > > I use a similar (pay for) application called Inspiration > that allows > > for building of similar diagrams

Fwd: [OSGeo-Discuss] Mind Map - Open Source Spatial Projects

Bob, > > > What's the best Client for this MM stuff? A little research > on it reveals there are more than one version of the file > format as well as more than one version of client, and not > all clients read all formats . . . > The format is Freemind mind mapping software. As per my original

[OSGeo-Discuss] Mind Map - Open Source Spatial Projects

Thanks George, > Amazing. Congratulations! > Can i suggest a project that has been around for some years? > Check Terralib and TerraView. It's a brazilian project and it's quite > mature. > http://www.terralib.org/ > Regards, > George Terralib is there. See Softwa

[OSGeo-Discuss] Mind Map - Open Source Spatial Projects

h the source in the OSGeo subversion repository. Details are at: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Bruce.bannerman The information in the mind map is a little dated. Perhaps a few of us can collaborate to maintain it. Thanks to Tyler for his help in getting this into subversion. Bruce Bann

[OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G-2009 - Volunteers needed to help pack conference satchels

t the task will take a few hours to do. Bruce Bannerman ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Fwd: [OSGeo-Discuss] Next 5 years for OSGeo

ng applications and high level features) that are getting a bit dated. Perhaps we can get a few of us together in Sydney to discuss this further. Bruce Bannerman > -Original Message- > From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org > [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Be

[OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G-2009 Birds of a Feather Sessions

terest. This year, Birds of a Feather sessions will be held on Thursday 22nd October. A number of rooms are available. First ones in get the rooms. Please visit the Wiki page [1] to register and organise your sessions. Bruce Bannerman [1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_BirdsOfAF

[OSGeo-Discuss] FW: Mashup Australia Competition [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

Fyi, Bruce Bannerman > -Original Message- > From: osia-discuss-ad...@lists.osia.net.au > [mailto:osia-discuss-ad...@lists.osia.net.au] On Behalf Of Lisa Harvey > Sent: Wednesday, 30 September 2009 6:49 PM > To: osia-disc...@lists.osia.net.au > Subject: [Os

[OSGeo-Discuss] RE: Documenting GIS Data Models (Again): Using DXF [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

[1] https://www.seegrid.csiro.au/twiki/bin/view/AppSchemas/HollowWorld Bruce Bannerman > -Original Message- > From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org > [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Landon Blake > Sent: Thursday, 10 September 2009 5:48 AM > To: OSGeo Disc

[OSGeo-Discuss] Re: FW: Insurance for contractors? [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

Michael, When I ran my consultancy as a limited liability company, we kept the normal range of insurance policies, including professional and public liability insurance policies. If you wish to be treated as a professional and work for the big end of town, these are a necessary business expense.

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open File Formats and Proprietary Algorithms [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

to lock public (or private) archives away in proprietary data formats. It makes more sense to use open standards and formats that are publically available. Bruce Bannerman > -Original Message- > From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org > [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists

[OSGeo-Discuss] Re: [Foss4g2009] FOSS4G looking for advice from local chapters

Cameron, Without wanting to diminish the importance of what you are trying to do, what is this list for? Isn't Discuss an international list? Bruce Bannerman On Wed, 2009-03-04 at 19:00 +1100, Cameron Shorter wrote: > The FOSS4G organising committee is keen to get advise on how w

[OSGeo-Discuss] FW: [OGC Press Release] The OGC forms a Spatial Law and Policy Committee [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

Apologies for cross posting. Bruce Bannerman > -Original Message- > From: > media-bounces+b.bannerman=bom.gov...@lists.opengeospatial.org > [mailto:media-bounces+b.bannerman=bom.gov...@lists.opengeospat ial.org] On Behalf Of OGC Press > Sent: Thursday, 26 February 20

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G LiveCD

figured for use in a live DVD. Bruce Bannerman Notice: This email and any attachments may contain information that is personal, confidential, legally privileged and/or copyright.No part of it should be reproduced, adapted or communicated without the prior written consent of the copyright own

[OSGeo-Discuss] [Fwd: Fee vs Free]

Million downloads in that period. Can anyone point me to some studies that support the claim made in this slide please? Bruce Bannerman signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.o

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] URL

IMO: +1 Bruce Bannerman Mateusz Loskot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/08/08 09:11 AM Please respond to OSGeo Discussions To OSGeo Discussions cc Subject Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] URL Markus Neteler wrote: > On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 9:46 PM, Jason Birc

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Director's Insurance (Chickens, Boards and Export Restrictions)

IMO: Cameron, Well said! We as a foundation are asking people to undertake roles of responsibility without training, guidance or in many cases even an outline of what is required. We trust to the good will and experience of the participants that noting will go wrong. One day, something will

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Chickens, Boards and Export Restrictions

IMO: Frank, Yes, I think that it would be prudent. However, we have yet to determine just what types of insurance we require. Bruce > > Bruce, > > Are you suggesting that the local chapter would be taking out directors > insurance? At the OSGeo global level I believe we don't yet have dir

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Chickens, Boards and Export Restrictions

IMO: Paul, Some Local Chapters are going through this process currently, e.g. OSGeo-AustNZ. We will need to incorporate as a non profit within Australia with its overheads of audits, annual fees etc. One potential upside is that we may get some protection by way of Directors Insurance for p

[OSGeo-Discuss] studies / comparisons of software that serves OGC standards

(Apologies for cross posting) IMO: Is anyone aware of any studies / comparisons of software that serves data to the following OGC standards? - WMS v1.3 - WFS v1.1 (including support for complex features) - WCS v1.1+ I'm interested in current / recent studies. Bruce Bann

[OSGeo-Discuss] Gold Undercover Search and Delivery Channel Project - Tender RFT 304746

questions must be directed to the person nominated in the documentation. --- Bruce Bannerman IT Solutions Architect Information Development Branch Minerals and Petroleum Division Department of Primary Industries - Victoria Australia Notice: This email and any

Re: [Aust-NZ] Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source development metrics

IMO: Thank you for the insights Jody. You have made some excellent suggestions that we as an OSGeo-AustNZ / ANZLIC community can build on. Bruce Jody Garnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 29/05/2008 08:15 AM To OSGeo Discussions cc Aust-NZ OSGeo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source development metrics

lity* to fork a project is critical to the success of open source projects, however I think that it should really only be used as a last resort if a situation is clearly unsalvagable. There is too much dilution of effort otherwise. Bruce Bannerman > Bruce, > > I agree with Puneet. I

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source development metrics

IMO: Thanks for the comments Puneet, > > Actually, a variation on the above may be the best metric -- "create > feature X that we need in our organization and that works for us." > That would allow your organization to determine what is meaningful for > your organization first and for open sou

[OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source development metrics

and I'd like to help our developers get some constructive ideas to take into their sessions. Bruce Bannerman Notice: This email and any attachments may contain information that is personal, confidential, legally privileged and/or copyright.No part of it should be reproduced, adap

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Should OSGeo get involved in the Information Architecture realm and nurture the development of definitive spatial ontologies?

the pretty pictures. There certainly is and Google in particular is catering to this very well and increasing the awareness of spatial information amongst decision makers and the public alike. Meanwhile 2050 is fast approaching, if we are to believe the climate change predictions. Bruce Bann

[OSGeo-Discuss] Should OSGeo get involved in the Information Architecture realm and nurture the development of definitive spatial ontologies?

, particularly if it is consistently adopted across the OS stack. This suggestion has merit and should be explored further. Please see below for context. I'd be interested in other peoples thoughts on this proposal. Bruce Bannerman > > As a long term participant in OGC, I think it

[OSGeo-Discuss] Re: [OSGeo-Standards] distributed image processing support?

pub/www/ows5/demo.html Congratulations: - on the format. It is quite effective. - to all involved. Bruce Bannerman Notice: This email and any attachments may contain information that is personal, confidential, legally privileged and/or copyright.No part of it should be reproduced,

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: Sign the Hague declaration

success. Also there is a significant demand for governments to provide data in someone's favourite format, so that they don't have to do the conversion into 'their' spatial tool. > >> 3. Use only free and open digital standards in their own > activities. > &

[OSGeo-Discuss] [Fwd: [DebianGIS] Freezing is not so far in the future, aka Where 1.0]

#x27;re able to spare the time. Bruce Bannerman --- Forwarded Message From: Francesco P. Lovergine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [DebianGIS] Freezing is not so far in the future, aka Where 1.0 Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 20:45:19 +0200 Hi all This message i

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] scale of FOSS projects

strong support for OGC standards. +1 to Frank's comments. Bruce Bannerman Notice: This email and any attachments may contain information that is personal, confidential, legally privileged and/or copyright.No part of it should be reproduced, adapted or communicated without the

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Java Collaboration...Again

IMO: Thanks Markus, Bruce "Markus Neteler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/05/08 07:33 PM Please respond to OSGeo Discussions To "OSGeo Discussions" cc OSGeo-incubator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Java Collaboration...Again On Mon, May 5, 200

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Java Collaboration...Again

or/index.html I'm probably missing the obvious, but do we have a full listing of OSGeo projects that are in incubation or have graduated? Bruce Bannerman Notice: This email and any attachments may contain information that is personal, confidential, legally privileged and/or

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] 'lossless' JPEG2000

IMO: Michael, > > If you're using ERMapper (ECW) files now, you're already deep into the > world of lossy transforms. We're not routinely using ecw as a definitive storage solution. ERMapper grid format is used though. Thanks for the kind offer to encode some data. I may take you up on it l

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] 'lossless' JPEG2000

IMO: Michael, Again, I don't pretend to be an expert on JPEG2000. However, I'd like to know more about the format for future reference. Does the wiki article at the following URL represent a good overview of the format? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JPEG_2000 If it is accurate, there is a

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] 'lossless' JPEG2000

IMO: Michael, Thanks for the comments on this thread. I've had a couple of private emails expressing interest in the outcome, so I'll continue this conversation in public, rather than moving it offline. One of the problems that I have is that I understand that JPEG 2000 can be 'lossy' or 'n

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] 'lossless' JPEG2000

IMO: Michael, My concern as a custodian of significant image resources is to ensure that the integrity of this data is protected and available for future analytical use by ourselves and by the public. As an example, to conduct multi-temporal analysis of 'imagery' to help understand big pictu

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: Image Handling in RDBMS

Thanks Tim, Bruce - Tim Keitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 24/02/08 07:43 AM Please respond to OSGeo Discussions To [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc Subject [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: Image Handling in RDBMS Lucena, Ivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Dear Gilberto, > Just wan

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] 'lossless' JPEG2000

IMO: Thanks for the reply Traian, I don't mean to be dismissive of this report, but I was hoping for something more definitive to prove that 'lossless' JPEG compressions did indeed protect the integrity of the data.. Perhaps its just my ignorance, but I was hoping for something along the li

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Image Handling in RDBMS

IMO: Hi Puneet. Thanks for the comments. > That brings us back to PostGIS supporting images. Clearly, most folks > who use it don't see it worth the effort implementing. I suggest two > things -- > > one. This being open source, Bruce and others, start developing the > capabilities and contri

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] GIS applications to off-shore E&P (oil & gas)

IMO: Paulo, When you have a look at the GeoSciML work, you'll see the types of aspatial attributes that I'm referring to. Bruce > > > - When it comes to modelling Geoscientific data, the variety and depth of > > inter-relationships of aspatial requirements is probably beyond the ability >

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] SUM - Image Management in an RDBMS...(was OS Spatial environment 'sizing')

IMO: Hello everyone, Sorry for monopolising the list for the last day or so. I think that I'll bring this to a close. If anyone has anything to add, please email me off line. To all who responded to this thread, thanks for helping me work through these issues. It is good to know that ther

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Image Management in an RDBMS...(was OS Spatial environment 'sizing')

IMO > > 12 million records is teensy. Stuff it into PostGIS. It's the billion- > point LIDAR sets that leave me queasy, but I can't begin to think of a > reasonable architecture for that without learning more about how the > points are actually USED, which I really am not clear on at the momen

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Image Management in an RDBMS...(was OS Spatial environment 'sizing')

IMO: Thanks for the comments Randy, I'll follow up later on some of the details. > > “What approaches are people using with large Lidar datasets?” > > Beyond that I would like to see at least some lidar sets treated > like the JPL srtm which is made accessible via WMS with pixel coded > el

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Image Management in an RDBMS...(was OS Spatial environment 'sizing')

IMO: Tim, Would you like to expand on this? Bruce > > Completely off the wall thought, but what about using git? > > Tim Notice: This email and any attachments may contain information that is personal, confidential, legally privileged and/or copyright.No part of it should be reprodu

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Image Management in an RDBMS...(was OS Spatial environment 'sizing')

IMO: Paul, > > On Feb 21, 2008, at 4:19 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > What it comes down to is what is appropriate for your use case. > > Indeed! However, there seem to be vanishingly few use cases for which > raster-in-database is actually the more appropriate solution. > ;-) I beg

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Image Management in an RDBMS...(was OS Spatial environment 'sizing')

IMO: Hi Paul, > All too often, the "benefits" touted for raster-in-database have > nothing to do with the database, and everything to do with the data > preparation tools that the vendor is including with their raster-in- > database solution. > > To store rasters in a database, you need a s

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Image Management in an RDBMS...(was OS Spatial environment 'sizing')

IMO: Thanks for the reply Arnulf. > > I tell > her that she has been brain washed by certain creative minds who > "sell things" (instead of develop software) into thinking that files > based systems are stone age. She hates me for it and curses her > vendors at the same time now... There a

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] GIS applications to off-shore E&P (oil & gas)

IMO: Hi Paulo, > I have been wondering, and haven't found much literature on the > subject of applying GIS to the E&P chain. I can see it would be > useful, but can't exactly see where and how. > > Also note, that I am coming from a geology background, now working > with reservoir geophysics, a

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Image Management in an RDBMS...(was OS Spatial environment 'sizing')

IMO: Hi Tyler, Thanks for the reply. > Am I correct in believing that the two things people desire with > images in an RDB, is having an abstract 1) storage framework > (tables) and > 2) a common access language (SQL) for managing the > framework. You could have the most complex storag

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] OS Spatial environment 'sizing' + Image Management

IMO: Thanks for the comments Michael, I was wondering if you'd contribute;-) (Also, note that "wavelet" does > not necessarily imply "lossy" anymore, as many assume. Story of my > life.) > Can you point me to any studies to support the claim that JPEG2000 can indeed be indeed non-loss

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Image Management in an RDBMS...(was OS Spatial environment 'sizing')

ed off my radar. Does anyone know what became of it. I do recall that they'd had discussions with Oracle. It was around this time that Oracle announced their Georaster format. Bruce Bannerman Notice: This email and any attachments may contain information that is personal, confidenti

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] OS Spatial environment 'sizing' + Image Management

in a database?;-) WMS 1.3 and WCS are showing promise for serving imagery, including multi and hyperspectral data. Bruce Bannerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 20/02/2008 10:09:28 AM: > Hi Ivan, > >The most common advice I've seen says to leave raster out of the DB. > O

[OSGeo-Discuss] OS Spatial environment 'sizing'

allocated? - Has anyone done any work with load balancing and would like to share their experiences? - Of the above OS Spatial products, which ones could co-exist on the same server (excluding Postgres/PostGIS)? Any thoughts are appreciated. Bruce Bannerman Australia Notice: This emai

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Case studies for migrating to Geospatial FOSS?

IMO: Cameron, An alternative is that an organisation specialising in translation type services (e.g. SBS in Australia) might be approached if we can find the funding. Bruce Bannerman > Do you think there would be any chance of encouraging the responsible > departments to transl

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Case studies for migrating to Geospatial FOSS?

IMO: > > It would be of huge value to the community to develop additional case studies > beyond these focused primarily on PostGIS. > Frank, Is there somewhere to put them under the OSGeo banner? Bruce Bannerman Notice: This email and any attachments may contain informa

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Does Open Source need a supervisory government body?

IMO: Thanks Ivan, Agreed. While government can certainly incubate, sponsor and contribute to projects. My personal opinion is that they are better run by 'the community'. If the project is good enough, it should get sufficient supporters and hopefully be picked up by a 'central authority' li

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Does Open Source need a supervisory government body?

IMO: Thanks for the comments Michael, As I said in my post, I was being deliberately provocative with choice of subject heading. Yes it is certainly possible that I've missed the intent of the author's comments. It is only a small portion of an excellent document. However, I also have a v

[OSGeo-Discuss] Does Open Source need a supervisory government body?

n with a number of other equally capable projects waiting for the next vacancy for incubation." OK, over to you. I'm interested in all points of view on this issue. Bruce Bannerman Notice: This email and any attachments may contain information that is personal, confidential,

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted

providing or finding work, then they can subscribe and filter the content themselves. Bruce Bannerman Notice: This email and any attachments may contain information that is personal, confidential, legally privileged and/or copyright.No part of it should be reproduced, adapted or communicated

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted

Frank, IMO: This is a good idea. I'd prefer to see a separate mailing list though. The list could help foster a growing industry. Bruce Bannerman Frank Warmerdam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 25/01/08 08:12 AM Please respond to OSGeo Discussions T

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] RE: Open Geo Database

spatial project by doing this. It certainly doesn't hurt to have options and explore alternatives. Bruce Bannerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 24/01/2008 10:26:58 AM: > Dear all > > Regarding the FOSS Geodatabase discussion, I would like to bring a > different issue to

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Finding Data Sets

Erik A place to start may be the Global Spatial Data Infrastructure (GSDI) registry: http://registry.gsdi.org/browse.php?order=title Bruce Bannerman Australia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 24/01/2008 08:22:38 AM: > A friend of mine is building a website and wants to add a map of > Ind

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: FOSS4GIS business models

ical look at the products and like to share their observations? Can they be integrated with OSGeo apps? Do they support OGC standards etc? Bruce Bannerman Notice: This email and any attachments may contain information that is personal, confidential, legally privileged and/or copyright.No part of

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board Proposal: Statement of OSGeo Legal Support

IMO Good call Cameron. In this day and age it would pay to be proactive on these types of issues. It's been a while since I last looked at this. >From memory, a number of large companies have pledged resources to help defend FOSS. I'm not sure where this is at currently. I think that its

[OSGeo-Discuss] Re: [Aust-NZ] Geospatial Events Calendar?

Cameron, The GSDI people maintain a list of conferences at: http://www.gsdi.org/events/upcnf.asp This may help. Bruce Cameron Shorter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 15/10/2007 01:16 PM To OSGeo Discussions cc Aust-NZ OSGeo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject [Aust-NZ] Geospatia

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Supporting new projects

IMO: I'd caution against watering down the OSGeo 'brand' as a source of 'quality' products, particularly if we want the products accepted as a viable alternative within larger organisations. While it is good to provide pointers to projects of interest, there needs to be a clear separation of

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Are there any thoughts on how organisations canwork with OSGeo projects?

Thanks to Frank, Puneet and Landon for your comments. > I guess you might be meaning specifically governmental organizations > -- specifying what you mean by an organization would be necessary. By organisation, I was inferring organisations that do not currently actively contribute. They

[OSGeo-Discuss] Are there any thoughts on how organisations can work with OSGeo projects?

I have been involved in a number of discussions over the last year or so where people representing organisations have expressed an interest in extending Open Source spatial products and projects but are unsure or sceptical as to how it could be done. I'm interested in other people's thought

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Software Standards - The Ugly Truth

Hi Landon, IMO, to put another perspective on it: Many organisations over the years have invested significant sums of money, time and effort into implementing spatial tools and customising them to meet their needs. I can think of any number of examples over the last few decades where that in

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Windows verse Linux

Hi Gary, IMO: I've been using: - Windows in its various forms for 17 years. - Unix in a variety of versions for 17 years. - Linux (Debian, Ubuntu and Redhat) for 6 years. - others e.g. MacOS, Mac OSX, VMS, DOS, etc for a number of years. My preference is Linux. - Debian on the servers (for s

[OSGeo-Discuss] Bruce Bannerman is out of the office.

I will be out of the office starting 14/05/2007 and will not return until 18/05/2007. I will respond to your message when I return. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] 3d geoweb - Digital Earth - reference model

3D as in a Digital Elevation Model where you can only model orthogonal surfaces which preclude things such as caves or cliffs with overhangs etc. Regards, Bruce --- Bruce Bannerman IT Solutions Architect - GIS Information Development Branch Minerals and

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